Kim Meong Il, Lee Choongdeok, Hong Minsun
Division of Biological Science and Technology, Yonsei University.
Division of Biological Science and Technology, Yonsei University;
J Vis Exp. 2017 May 16(123):55576. doi: 10.3791/55576.
To overcome safety restrictions and regulations when studying genes and proteins from true pathogens, their homologues can be studied. Bacillus anthracis is an obligate pathogen that causes fatal inhalational anthrax. Bacillus cereus is considered a useful model for studying B. anthracis due to its close evolutionary relationship. The gene cluster ba1554 - ba1558 of B. anthracis is highly conserved with the bc1531- bc1535 cluster in B. cereus, as well as with the bt1364-bt1368 cluster in Bacillus thuringiensis, indicating the critical role of the associated genes in the Bacillus genus. This manuscript describes methods to prepare and characterize a protein product of the first gene (ba1554) from the gene cluster in B. anthracis using a recombinant protein of its ortholog in B. cereus, bc1531.
为了在研究来自真正病原体的基因和蛋白质时克服安全限制和规定,可以研究它们的同源物。炭疽芽孢杆菌是一种导致致命吸入性炭疽的专性病原体。蜡样芽孢杆菌由于其密切的进化关系,被认为是研究炭疽芽孢杆菌的有用模型。炭疽芽孢杆菌的基因簇ba1554 - ba1558与蜡样芽孢杆菌的bc1531 - bc1535簇以及苏云金芽孢杆菌的bt1364 - bt1368簇高度保守,这表明相关基因在芽孢杆菌属中具有关键作用。本手稿描述了使用蜡样芽孢杆菌中其直系同源基因bc1531的重组蛋白来制备和表征炭疽芽孢杆菌基因簇中第一个基因(ba1554)的蛋白质产物的方法。